Jake Cronenworth

Bats L Throws R6'0" 187 lbBorn 1994 St. Clair, USADebut 2020Team SD2x All-StarDraft 2015 R7 #208 Tampa Bay Rays, MichiganContract 7 y/$80M (24-30) 2026: $12,285,714

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.9FIELD+ 97.9 at 2BTotal 0.70 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	423	363	88	18	2	11	46	82	3	0.242	0.338	0.395	0.733	0.153	0.325	19.3	10.9	104.2	1.53
2027	372	323	75	15	2	8	37	74	4	0.233	0.323	0.361	0.684	0.128	0.306	19.9	9.9	90.3	0.72

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 99 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Johnny Pesky	1950	111.9	114.0	573
2	Ken Oberkfell	1987	101.7	88.7	529
3	Jason Kipnis	2018	106.6	82.0	511
4	Max Bishop	1931	107.0	103.8	522
5	Lonny Frey	1942	107.7	100.1	667
6	Kyle Seager	2019	114.0	120.2	248
7	Larry Gardner	1917	114.1	113.1	522
8	Joey Wendle	2021	103.9	84.4	371
9	Andy High	1929	99.9	74.7	243
10	Joe Sewell	1930	112.4	112.8	571

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			372		75	15	2	8		4	37	74	0.233	0.323	0.361	0.684	90.3
2026*	SDN	76	292	32	58	7	0	4		7	27	64	0.225	0.310	0.298	0.609	74.3
2025	SD	135	514	61	103	20	1	11	59	3	69	107	0.246	0.367	0.377	0.744	112.9
2024	SD	155	653	72	139	29	3	17	83	5	61	118	0.241	0.324	0.390	0.714	101.5
2023	SD	127	521	54	105	24	7	10	48	6	46	97	0.229	0.312	0.378	0.689	93.1
2022	SD	158	681	88	140	30	4	17	88	3	70	131	0.239	0.332	0.390	0.722	113.2
2021	SD	152	638	94	151	33	7	21	71	4	55	90	0.266	0.340	0.460	0.800	120.6
2020	SD	54	192	26	49	15	3	4	20	3	18	30	0.285	0.354	0.477	0.831	127.7
Career		781	3199	395	687	151	25	80	369	24	319	573	0.247	0.335	0.406	0.741	109.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2021	SD	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.7	3	0	0	1
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.7	3	0	0	1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	292	87.1	9.3	3.6	30.6	22.5	28.5	0.224	0.315	0.284	28.1
2025	515	88.5	14.9	6.2	39.0	18.8	22.2	0.225	0.353	0.319	28.1
2024	656	88.6	13.9	7.8	36.7	17.1	23.0	0.257	0.431	0.339	27.7
2023	522	87.4	15.2	4.4	33.2	16.0	26.5	0.234	0.374	0.306	28.3
2022	684	87.6	18.2	5.6	34.1	18.0	21.8	0.218	0.366	0.304	28.2
2021	643	88.6	12.5	7.3	35.0	13.7	23.6	0.271	0.449	0.344	28.5
2020	192	89.8	10.6	10.6	42.7	16.7	19.0	0.317	0.535	0.393	28.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	SD	2B	118	970	166	221	10	57	0.975	-1.7
2025	SD	1B	13	87	76	3	0	9	1.000	-1.0
2025	SD	SS	13	79	8	23	0	2	1.000	+2.7
2024	SD	1B	85	715	594	45	4	63	0.994	+1.4
2024	SD	2B	70	578	115	163	2	36	0.993	-1.3
2023	SD	1B	106	844	759	41	2	71	0.998	-5.3
2023	SD	2B	35	261	45	80	1	23	0.992	+2.0
2022	SD	2B	147	1240	205	308	4	77	0.992	+1.2
2022	SD	1B	20	73	60	6	0	6	1.000	+1.2
2022	SD	SS	9	55	11	17	1	5	0.966	-0.1
2021	SD	2B	94	791	142	213	5	60	0.986	+13.1
2021	SD	SS	41	327	46	81	3	20	0.977	-1.7
2021	SD	1B	24	171	153	9	1	17	0.994	+2.2
2021	SD	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2020	SD	2B	38	303	47	76	2	19	0.984	-2.1
2020	SD	SS	11	47	6	5	1	0	0.917	-1.3
2020	SD	1B	10	78	63	5	0	4	1.000	+3.6
2020	SD	3B	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	406	10 HR, 12 SB	0.334	0.949
2018	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	26	0 HR, 1 SB	0.240	0.629
2018	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	470	4 HR, 21 SB	0.254	0.667
2017	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	180	1 HR, 1 SB	0.285	0.705
2017	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	381	2 HR, 12 SB	0.268	0.730
2016	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	126	1 HR, 2 SB	0.171	0.513
2016	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	380	3 HR, 12 SB	0.322	0.865
2019	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	34	7.1 IP, 26% K	0.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.303	0.282	0.244	0.321
2025	0.352	0.337	0.322	0.360
2024	0.259	0.356	0.362	0.301
2023	0.293	0.314	0.309	0.307
2022	0.328	0.334	0.311	0.350
2021	0.354	0.358	0.385	0.326
2020	0.277	0.422	0.406	0.351

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2024	7	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	9	0.136	0.240	0.227	0.467
2022	12	46	6	11	0	1	6	0	1	15	0.239	0.286	0.304	0.590
2020	6	18	5	7	1	1	3	1	4	5	0.389	0.542	0.667	1.208
Career	28	97	13	21	2	2	9	1	7	32	0.216	0.303	0.320	0.622